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Court Blocks Construction of Kenya's First Coal Plant
The plan to build a coal-burning power plant in Lamu County on the Kenyan coast has hit a snag when the court ordered a fresh environmental impact assessment study on the project. Environmentalists filed a challenge to the license in October 2016, highlighting climate change, health concerns, and a lack of nationwide public input about the project.
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"In the face of the global climate change, increasing natural resource degradation and rising environmental pollution, many African countries are attempting to embrace the concept ... Read more »
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This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta's order to the Energy Regulatory Commission on October 16 to lower power charges for dominant small and medium-sized enterprises. Read more »
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The new tariffs will cut the cost of electricity from U.S.$0,18 per kilowatt hour to U.S.$0,17 per kilowatt, an overall reduction of 6%. Apollo Mboya, a lawyer who is leading a ... Read more »
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